# Planodes virginicum

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Planodes virginicum (L.) Greene (Group).jpg
|image_caption = seeds of ''Planodes virginicum'', magnified
|genus = Planodes (plant)
|species = virginicum
|authority = ([L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)) [Greene](/source/Edward_Lee_Greene)
|synonyms = 
*''Arabis ludoviciana'' {{small|(Hook.) C.A.Mey.}}
*''Arabis virginica'' {{small|(L.) Poir.}}
*''Cardamine angustifolia'' {{small|Raf.}}
*''Cardamine engelmanniana'' {{small|Link}}
*''Cardamine hirsuta'' var. ''virginica'' {{small|(L.) Torr. & A.Gray}}
*''Cardamine ludoviciana'' {{small|Hook.}}
*''Cardamine parviflora'' subsp. ''virginica'' {{small|(L.) O.E.Schulz}}
*''Cardamine virginiana'' {{small|Panz.}}
*''Cardamine virginica'' {{small|L. (1753)}} ([basionym](/source/basionym))
*''Erysimum ludovicianum'' {{small|(Hook.) Kuntze}}
*''Nasturtium ludovicianum'' {{small|(Hook.) O.E.Schulz}}
*''Sibara virginica'' {{small|(L.) [Rollins](/source/Reed_Clark_Rollins)}}
*''Sisymbrium ludovicianum'' {{small|Nutt. ex Hook.}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Planodes virginicum'' (L.) Greene |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1182133-2 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=5 April 2026}}</ref>
}}

'''''Planodes virginicum''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family [Brassicaceae](/source/Brassicaceae) known by the common name '''Virginia winged rockcress'''.<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SIVI2|taxon=Sibara virginica|accessdate=12 November 2015}}</ref> It is native to North America, where it can be found throughout the central-eastern and southeastern United States, from Texas to Iowa, Ohio, and Maryland, and in [California](/source/California) and [Baja California](/source/Baja_California) in the west.<ref name = powo/> It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. It is an annual or biennial herb producing a basal rosette of leaves with comblike blades so deeply divided into many lobes that they may appear to have leaflets. It bolts one or more erect stems up to 30 centimeters tall. The flowers each have four spoon-shaped white petals a few millimeters long and purplish [sepal](/source/sepal)s. The fruit is a flattened, elongated [silique](/source/silique) up to 2.5 centimeters long containing tiny seeds.

The species was first described as ''Cardamine virginica'' by [Carl Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) in 1753. In 1912 [Edward Lee Greene](/source/Edward_Lee_Greene) placed the species in genus ''[Planodes](/source/Planodes)'' as ''P. virginicum''.<ref name = powo/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=82457 Jepson eFlora treatment]
*[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SIVI2 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Sibara_virginica_page.html Missouri Plants]
*[http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/va_rockcress.htm Illinois Wildflowers]

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Category:Brassicaceae
Category:Flora of California
Category:Flora of Illinois
Category:Flora of Indiana
Category:Flora of Iowa
Category:Flora of Kansas
Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Category:Flora of Missouri
Category:Flora of Ohio
Category:Flora of Oklahoma
Category:Flora of Texas
Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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